What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Upper middle income?

The highest recorded value was 22.52 per 100 people in 2007.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Upper middle income?

The lowest recorded value was 1.06 per 100 people in 1975.

How does Upper middle income rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Upper middle income ranks 19th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Upper middle income?

Over the last ten years it is down 29.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Upper middle income data come from?

The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Upper middle income

Name: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Upper middle income
Creator: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Upper middle income: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 11 per 100 people in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

11 per 100 people

Change on year

down 5.2%

Rank

19th

of 47 groups

All-time high

22.52 per 100 people

in 2007

All-time low

1.06 per 100 people

in 1975

Years of data

1975–2025

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Upper middle income, 1975–2025

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.

Analysis

The most recent figure for fixed telephone subscriptions in Upper middle income is 11 per 100 people, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 29.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Upper middle income peaked at 22.52 per 100 people in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1.06 per 100 people, in 1975.

That places Upper middle income 19th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Upper middle income, year by year

Annual values for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Upper middle income, 1975 to 2025.
Year	per 100 people	Change
1975	1.06 per 100 people	—
1976	1.14 per 100 people	+7.2%
1977	1.22 per 100 people	+7.4%
1978	1.32 per 100 people	+7.7%
1979	1.4 per 100 people	+6.6%
1980	1.49 per 100 people	+6.3%
1981	1.6 per 100 people	+7.1%
1982	1.7 per 100 people	+6.3%
1983	1.78 per 100 people	+5.1%
1984	1.9 per 100 people	+6.6%
1985	2.02 per 100 people	+6.4%
1986	2.15 per 100 people	+6.2%
1987	2.3 per 100 people	+7.0%
1988	2.5 per 100 people	+8.7%
1989	2.68 per 100 people	+7.4%
1990	2.9 per 100 people	+8.1%
1991	3.15 per 100 people	+8.8%
1992	3.54 per 100 people	+12.2%
1993	4.06 per 100 people	+14.8%
1994	4.8 per 100 people	+18.2%
1995	5.68 per 100 people	+18.3%
1996	6.66 per 100 people	+17.3%
1997	7.67 per 100 people	+15.2%
1998	8.74 per 100 people	+14.0%
1999	10.05 per 100 people	+14.9%
2000	12.02 per 100 people	+19.6%
2001	13.93 per 100 people	+15.9%
2002	15.51 per 100 people	+11.4%
2003	17.67 per 100 people	+13.9%
2004	19.91 per 100 people	+12.6%
2005	21.71 per 100 people	+9.1%
2006	22.43 per 100 people	+3.3%
2007	22.52 per 100 people	+0.4%
2008	21.92 per 100 people	-2.6%
2009	20.87 per 100 people	-4.8%
2010	20.21 per 100 people	-3.2%
2011	19.69 per 100 people	-2.6%
2012	19.26 per 100 people	-2.1%
2013	18.31 per 100 people	-5.0%
2014	17.16 per 100 people	-6.3%
2015	15.7 per 100 people	-8.5%
2016	14.7 per 100 people	-6.4%
2017	14.3 per 100 people	-2.7%
2018	13.7 per 100 people	-4.2%
2019	13.2 per 100 people	-3.6%
2020	12.8 per 100 people	-3.0%
2021	12.6 per 100 people	-1.6%
2022	12.3 per 100 people	-2.4%
2023	12.3 per 100 people	+0.0%
2024	11.6 per 100 people	-5.7%
2025	11 per 100 people	-5.2%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	1.23 per 100 people	1.06 per 100 people	1.4 per 100 people	5
1980s	2.01 per 100 people	1.49 per 100 people	2.68 per 100 people	10
1990s	5.72 per 100 people	2.9 per 100 people	10.05 per 100 people	10
2000s	18.85 per 100 people	12.02 per 100 people	22.52 per 100 people	10
2010s	16.62 per 100 people	13.2 per 100 people	20.21 per 100 people	10
2020s	12.1 per 100 people	11 per 100 people	12.8 per 100 people	6

Countries ranked near Upper middle income

16 Hong Kong 44.57 per 100 people compare
17 Bermuda 43.59 per 100 people compare
18 Guam 43.17 per 100 people compare
19 Barbados 42.97 per 100 people compare
20 Northern Mariana Islands 42.26 per 100 people compare
21 South Korea 41.17 per 100 people compare
22 Luxembourg 39.81 per 100 people compare

See the full ranking of 261 places →

More infrastructure data for Upper middle income

Mobile cellular subscriptions 3.76 billion (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 132.4 per 100 people (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions 313.00 million (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1017 units per person (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -4.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 313.00 million (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.22 units per person (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled 3.76 billion (2025)

All data for Upper middle income →

Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Upper middle income?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Upper middle income was 11 per 100 people in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Upper middle income?: The highest recorded value was 22.52 per 100 people in 2007.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Upper middle income?: The lowest recorded value was 1.06 per 100 people in 1975.
How does Upper middle income rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Upper middle income ranks 19th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Upper middle income?: Over the last ten years it is down 29.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Upper middle income data come from?: The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit: per 100 people
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 261 places, 14,535 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 01 October 2026

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.